An unexpected new mission for astronomers after Webb’s mysterious discovery in a rare main belt comet
This illustration of Comet 238P shows a rising comet's main belt readout - its water ice evaporating as its orbit approaches the Sun. ...
The unexpected benefits of aging “zombie” cells
The salamander species studied by Yoon's group: Red-spotted salamander Notophthalmus viridescens. By studying salamanders, which have remarkable regenerative abilities, researchers have discovered that...
The ‘happy accident’ improves CRISPR’s efficiency
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a method to dramatically improve the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing without using viral...
Groundbreaking measurement of the expansion of the universe reshapes a long-running debate
This image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+223, whose light has taken more than 5 billion years to reach us. The cluster's...
A book-shaped rock photographed on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured a close-up of a rock called Terra Firme, the shape of which resembles an open book. The image...
